bowling for concubine

so a lot has changed since i last posted. the UK got this new thing called 'the sun'. exotic, i know. apparently it makes otherwise unfriendly people friendly and happy again. it's great. i wish someone thought of this earlier.

yes, life is different out here in the spring. we spend our days frolicking about in the grassy meadows, playing a lot of golf, and playing croquet. ya... i play croquet. but i really suck at it, even though i cheat. yazeed is actually the croquet grand champion. don't ask me where a saudi learned how to play croquet. last i checked the only game they had out there was pin the beard on the shaikh, and bowling... for concubine. (something about saudi arabia + sports made me thing of the clever title, so i had to fit it in somewhere)

springtime in the OX! i can't lie, it's quite nice. and it really is a different place. the first day this 'sun' came out, i was completely taken aback by how friendly people were. and even though it was sunny but still cold, restaurants and cafes were doing all they could to put as much seating outside as possible. the starbucks i was at even had patio furniture out. not like some wooden chairs and a table with a little, purposeless umbrella. i mean patio furniture--some of those big patio sofas and arm chairs, nice wooden coffee tables, the whole package. it was 50 degrees outside, but that hint of sunshine... 'sunshine'... was enough.

well that's all i've got for my blog (or 'boggle' if you are yasmine or live in a cave in kazakhistan) for now.